Market Pulse — 22 September 2026

Benchmarks

Closing levels, 22 Sep 2026 · Source: NSE / BSE

Sectoral scorecard

NSE sectoral indices, ranked best to worst

Movers

Nifty 50 constituents · 22 Sep 2026

Last traded prices are the 3:30 PM snapshot published by HDFC Sky; the percentage moves match Upstox's independently published closing list to the decimal. BSE breadth for the session was almost exactly even: 2,171 shares advanced, 2,181 declined and 229 were unchanged (Business Standard).

Midcap movers

Nifty Midcap 100 constituents · 22 Sep 2026

Percentages as published in Upstox's closing movers list. NSE's constituent-level feed returned 404 for the Midcap 100 universe again this morning, so closing prices are not carried and the price column is omitted.

Smallcap movers

Nifty Smallcap 100 constituents · 22 Sep 2026

Percentages as published in Upstox's closing movers list; price column omitted for the same reason as the midcap block.

Institutional flows

FII/FPI and DII activity in the cash segment

Cash-market figures for 22 Sep 2026 · provisional NSE cash-market data via the 5paisa mirror; both nets independently confirmed by Craytheon (FII −₹3,809.99 cr, DII +₹4,120.07 cr). Provisional exchange data.

Corporate & macro desk

What moved the tape and what the IR desks were announcing

• Adani group companies settle SEBI disclosure proceedings — Five listed Adani entities paid settlement amounts to close adjudication proceedings over disclosure-related violations arising from the January 2023 Hindenburg Research report: Adani Enterprises ₹76.05 lakh, Adani Green Energy ₹45.50 lakh, and Adani Total Gas, AWL Agri Business and Adani Energy Solutions ₹9.75 lakh each.
• Aditya Infotech opens ₹1,500 crore QIP — The CP Plus owner opened a qualified institutional placement of up to ₹1,500 crore on 22 September at a floor price of ₹3,648.43 per share.
• Persistent Systems takes majority control of Nagarro SE — Persistent acquired a further 75,68,145 shares in Nagarro SE on 22 September, taking its holding to 61.15% of the German-listed digital engineering firm.
• IRB Infrastructure to transfer two tollways to IRB InvIT Fund — IRB signed a share purchase agreement to transfer 100% of the equity in Solapur Yedeshi Tollway and CG Tollway to IRB InvIT Fund, at an aggregate equity value of ₹2,744 crore and an enterprise value of ₹4,605 crore.
• Dalmia Bharat Refractories pares RHI Magnesita stake — Dalmia Bharat Refractories divested 2,29,41,224 shares — an 11.11% stake — in RHI Magnesita India at ₹360 per share, realising ₹825.88 crore on 22 September.
• Mastercard exits Pine Labs — Mastercard sold its entire 4.31% holding of 4,97,24,182 shares in Pine Labs at ₹187.75 per share for ₹933.57 crore.
• Aastha Spintex approves 1:1 bonus issue — The board approved a bonus issue of 4.41 crore shares in the ratio of 1:1, with a record date of 28 September 2026.

Corporate actions on the session

Dividends that went ex on 22 September 2026 · Source: NSE

Board meetings & results calendar

Scheduled board meetings — the IR calendar for the days ahead

IPOs open now

Issues that were open for subscription during the 22 September session. Grey market premium as at 23 Sep 2026, 9:00 AM IST (IPO Ji). Subscription multiples are the day-end figures published by HDFC Sky on 22 September — Axiom Gas at 5:14 PM (final day), Robokidz at 5:04 PM and FX Multitech at 5:09 PM (day two) — except Varmora Granito, whose day-one figure is from IPO Watch.

Final day to bid on 23 Sep: Robokidz Eduventures, FX Multitech and Vivekanand Cotspin.

Grey market premium is an unofficial, unregulated and unverifiable indication of sentiment traded outside the exchanges. It is not a price, not a forecast, and carries no regulatory standing — it is published here for context only. GMP figures are taken in full from a single time-stamped tracker and are not blended across sources. A blank cell means the figure was not sourced for this edition, not that it is zero; NSE's official issue feed could not be reached this morning, and the widely used subscription aggregator was still serving a 21 September snapshot, so several day-two multiples are not shown. Axiom Gas Engineering closed on the session with allotment due 23 September and listing on the NSE SME platform on 25 September. Opening on 23 September and therefore not listed above: Adroit Industries (India), ArMee Infotech, Elevate Campuses and Swastika Infra on the mainboard, and Coreintegra Consulting Services, Liqvd Digital India, Pooja Logistics, S.K. Offset and Unitec Fibres on the SME platforms.

Economic calendar

Data releases and policy events in the days ahead

Commodities, currency & global

US index cards show the Wall Street session of the same calendar day, Tuesday 22 September 2026, which closed after Indian hours (AP wire); all three levels reconcile exactly against the previous session's closes carried in this series. Gold and silver are Indian retail reference rates and vary materially by city and by aggregator — the 24K and silver quotes are national reference rates and the 22K quote is for Delhi, all from a single source (StartupTalky) rather than blended. Brent is the 22 September settlement as reported by AP.